Kim Shannon
Puyallup,WA
Summary
Highly experienced administrative professional with strong communication and legal writing skills, committed to providing outstanding administrative support. Focused on efficiency with proven skills in office management and supervision. Possesses a thorough understanding of courtroom and boardroom procedures and protocols, ensuring efficient operations under pressure. Excels at preparing legal documents and effectively managing calendars. Confident in making independent decisions and completing tasks with minimal supervision.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Clerk
Pierce County Board of Equalization
02.2016 - Current
- Manage daily operations at the Pierce County Board of Equalization
- Provide detailed written appeal instructions regarding the appeal process
- Develop efficient office and hearing practices
- Review and process appeals
- Issue scheduling letters and instructions for hearings
- Prepare the board's rotation schedules, hearing calendars and organize materials for board hearings
- Attend board hearings and keep detailed notes and records of the proceedings
- Draft, edit, and finalize detailed written board decisions and other written correspondence
- Provide administrative and clerical support to members of the board
- Prepare resolutions in EDS for the appointment of new board members and requests to reconvene the board for the Pierce County Council
- Maintain and update the Pierce County Board of Equalization website with board meeting dates and clerk’s record of hearings
Court Clerk
Pierce County Clerk's Office
08.2003 - 02.2016
- Provided clerical support in the courtroom
- Initiated background checks, maintained audio recordings, and prepared clerk’s notes on all court proceedings
- Assisted attorneys and the public with court filings, prepared and issued writs, warrants, and other court-issued documents
- Drafted and presented ex-parte orders to judges and court commissioners
- Prepared clerk’s papers for cases on appeal and transferred the official record and exhibits to the Washington State Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Washington
Judicial Assistant
Pierce County District Court Two
01.1995 - 01.2003
- Prepared the judge’s written legal decisions and correspondences and maintained the judge’s calendar
- Attended all court proceedings, provided clerical assistance to the judge, maintained court decorum, and prepared court orders
- Managed jurors and coordinated transport of in-custody defendants
- Facilitated changes in courtroom procedure
- Managed reports that tracked offender participation in court-ordered treatment
- Prepared summons and warrants for defendants out of compliance with court orders
Education
Legal Secretary Certification -
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WASkills
- Advanced MS Office Suite
- Multitasking
- Prioritization
- Business and legal writing
- Schedule and calendar planning
- Management and supervisory experience
- Creative problem solving
- Organization
- Independent decision making
- Document management
- Schedule and calendar management
Timeline
Clerk
Pierce County Board of Equalization
02.2016 - Current
Court Clerk
Pierce County Clerk's Office
08.2003 - 02.2016
Judicial Assistant
Pierce County District Court Two
01.1995 - 01.2003
Legal Secretary Certification -
Clover Park Technical College
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